ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2014
Candida pneumonia in intensive care unit?
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Impact of selective digestive decontamination on respiratory tract Candida among patients with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia. A meta-analysis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2016Pooled it
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- Hospitalizations for opportunistic infections following transplantation and associated risk factors: A national cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries.Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society · 2024Article
- Candida Pneumonia in a Young Vegan Man with Diabetic Ketoacidosis.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2023Article
- Description of the colonizing mycobiota of endotracheal tubes from patients admitted to two intensive care units in Bogotá, ColombiaBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2023Article
- Clinical, Epidemiological and Laboratory Features of InvasiveJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- InvasiveAutopsy & case reports · 2023Article
- Invasive Candidiasis in Children: Challenges Remain.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2022Article
- Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to fungal pneumonia in the critically ill patient.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2022Review
- [Consensus on diagnosis and treatment of invasive fungal infection in patients with severe liver disease].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2022Article
- Positive bronchoalveolar lavage pepsin assay associated with viral and fungal respiratory infections in children with chronic cough.Pediatric pulmonology · 2021Article
- Fungal and bacterial coinfections increase mortality of severely ill COVID-19 patients.The Journal of hospital infection · 2021Article
- Review
- Candida Pneumonia with Lung Abscess as a Complication of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia.International medical case reports journal · 2021Article
- COVID-19-Associated Candidiasis (CAC): An Underestimated Complication in the Absence of Immunological Predispositions?Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Article
- Comments on "Impact of bronchoalveolar lavage multiplex polymerase chain reaction on microbiological yield and therapeutic decisions in severe pneumonia in intensive care unit".Journal of critical care · 2016Article
- Candida Pneumonia: An Innocent Bystander or a Silent Killer?Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science CentreReview
- Fungal co-infection in COVID-19 patients: Should we be concerned?Revista iberoamericana de micologiaArticle
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Abstract
It has been questioned if Candida pneumonia exists as a clinical entity. Only histopathology can establish the definite diagnosis. Less invasive diagnostic strategies lack specificity and have been insufficiently validated. Scarcity of this pathomechanism and nonspecific clinical presentation make validation and the development of a clinical algorithm difficult. In the present study, we analyze whether Candida pneumonia exists in our critical care population. We used a bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimen database that we have built in a structural diagnostic approach to ventilator-associated pneumonia for more than a decade consisting of 832 samples. Microbiological data were linked to clinical information and available autopsy data. We searched for critically ill patients with respiratory failure with no other microbiological or clinical explanation than exclusive presence of Candida species in BAL fluid. Five cases could be identified with Candida as the likely cause of pneumonia.
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